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Cyprus yet to name “Mafia State” investigators as conflict of interest concerns complicate search

The Council of Ministers has yet to appoint independent criminal investigators into the Mafia State corruption case, as the Presidential Palace works through the challenge of finding candidates with no conflict of interest in a probe that targets former President Nikos Anastasiades and a series of senior legal figures.

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